Penn State has had more de-commitments since firing James Franklin than any other program in the country, and that could be a big issues for his replacement.
The most perplexing question of the final years of James Franklin’s 11-plus-year tenure in Happy Valley was this: Has Penn State reached James Franklin’s ceiling, or has James Franklin reached Penn State’s?
The Nittany Lions continued to slam their head on a hard ceiling, just short of a Big Ten title and the national championship, always losing to the best teams on the schedule, while beating everyone else.